Chapter 1: HyperMesh Introduction - Altair University

1 Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Getting Started Opening and Saving Files Working with Panels Organizing a Model Controlling the Display Chapter 1: HyperMesh Introduction Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. HyperMesh Introduction : The User Interface Tab Area: Utility Menu Model Browser Mask By Config Etc. Toolbars Panel Menu Pages Pull Down Menus Graphics Area Main Menu Status Bar Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc.

2 Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Designed for new users to HyperMesh Easily navigate to Panels Process Based Workflow Action / Object / Method Architecture Action: Create, Edit, Delete, Object: on which to Perform Action Method: by which to perform Action on Object Each menu controls specific HM Entities Modern GUI Environment: Menu Bar Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Some panels use icons to represent the subpanels Modern GUI Environment: Menu Bar Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved.

3 Standard Toolbar File Management (New, Open, Save, Import, Export, User Profile, Tcl/Tk Tools) Standard, User Defined and Model View Controls (Zoom, Rotate, Pan) Suggested Method for Creating/Editing Collectors (Delete, Card Edit, Organize, Renumber) Not shown by Default, Customize from View Menu Quick Access to Common Checks ( Distance/Length, Mass Calc, Edges/Features/Faces, Normals, Penetration and Element Check) Not shown by Default, Customize from View Menu (Only on Win 32/64) BMP Image Capture System (Copy to Clipboard or File, Capture Graphics Area, Capture Panel, Capture free Window, Capture Frame) Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc.

4 Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Display and Visualization Toolbars Display controls WHAT is shown Mask Tools Find Element/Load Handles Visualization controls HOW things are shown Color Modes Shading Modes 1D Beam Visualization New Visualization Tab Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. HyperMesh Introduction : The User Interface Graphics area displays the model Toolbar Gives access to commonly used tools via icons Pull Down Menu places functionality into groups, accessible via pull downs Menu Pages divides the main menu into groups based on function Main Menu contains panels grouped in columns Panels menu items / functions for interacting with HyperMesh Sub-panels divides panel into similar tasks related to panel s main function Command Window lets the user type in and execute tcl commands Available through the View drop down menu (turned off by default) Tab Area contains the following tabs.

5 Solver, Model, Utility, Include, Import, Export, Connector, Entity State, etc. Status Bar shows status of operations being performed Indicates the current Include file, Component Collector, and Load Collector Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. File Operations General terminology: Open : Loads a file into HyperMesh replacing the current session Save : Saves the current session contents to the file name specified Import : Loads a file into HyperMesh , merging with the current contents Export : Saves data to the file name specified Generally refers to file types other than a HyperMesh binary file Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc.

6 Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. File Operations: The File Pull-down Menu : Loads a HyperMesh file into current session Replaces the model in current HyperMesh session Save : Saves the model in current HyperMesh session File browser prompts for directory and file name if one doesn t exist Save : Opens file browser to specify directory and name to save current session Import : Merges / combines files with the model in the current HyperMesh session Various types of files: HyperMesh , geometry (IGES, Step, etc.), finite element data (OptiStruct, Radioss, Nastran, abaqus , Ansys, LS-Dyna, etc.) Opens the Import browser Export : Writes data in current HyperMesh session to non- HyperMesh files types IGES, OptiStruct, Radioss, etc.

7 Opens the Export browser allowing specification of directory and name Recent Files : A listing of HyperMesh files that have been worked on previously Loads the file and replaces the model in the current session Recent Imports : A listing of files previously loaded into HyperMesh via Import Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Importing Geometry Import geometry data via: File > Import > Geometry drop-down menu Toolbar > > Geometry Common types of geometry files supported: Unigraphics (NX2, NX3, NX4, NX5, NX6) UG Part Browser Import of *.prt files Requires an installation of Unigraphics to be available catia (V4 & V5) import of *.

8 Model files catia V5 license required to import V5 files Pro/ENGINEER (Wildfire & ) import of *.prt and *.asm files IGES Import of *.igs / *.iges files STEP import of *.stp files Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Import tab Complete control over FE import Import multiple geometry files Custom Import Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Entity State Browser Entity State Browser Available for all entities Removes inactive entities from any list in the browser and panels Removes inactive entities from display and they cannot be turned on until made active Exception: Find brings inactive entities back onto the screen too and switches these entities to active Removes inactive entities temporarily from the "database Selection by all selects only active entities Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc.

9 Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Display Control Viewing: Mouse Buttons Left mouse button +CTRL & drag for rotate +CTRL & click on entity to change center of rotation +CTRL & click in graphics area, off entities to reset center to middle of screen Middle mouse button +CTRL & drag for zoom +CTRL & click for fit Right mouse button +CTRL & drag for pan Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Standard Views Toolbar Toolbars Fit Previous View Top Bottom Left Right Rear Front Isometric Reverse View Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential.

10 All rights reserved. Display Control 3D View Controls Zoom in or out by dragging the mouse vertically Draw a circle (freeform) around the area to be magnified Zoom into the center of the screen Dynamically rotate the model about defined center Dynamically spin the model about a defined center Circle Zoom (Z) Dynamic Zoom (S) Zoom In (+) Zoom Out (-) Dynamic Rotate Dynamic Spin Pan Center Drag the model around in the graphics area Select a node/point to center of the model at that point Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. All rights reserved. Display Control 3D View Controls Rotate the model view Left or Right about an imaginary vertical axis in the middle of the graphics area Rotate the model view Up or Down about an imaginary horizontal axis in the middle of the graphics area Rotate the model view Clockwise or Counter Clockwise about an imaginary axis coming out of the graphics area Rotate Up Rotate Down Rotate Clockwise Rotate Counter Clockwise Rotate Left Rotate Right Copyright 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc.